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Title: tds
Post by: stfc on October 27, 2009, 03:57:54 pm
my tds reading out of my ro unit is around about 80-90,is this to high or about right?

many thanks
Title: Re: tds
Post by: JRDEasiReach on October 27, 2009, 04:00:04 pm
no its far from right, my reading when the water goes through my RO is now reading at 1 ppm if yours  is anymore than 2 ppm the membrane is bucked. 
Title: Re: tds
Post by: Sapphire Window Cleaning on October 27, 2009, 05:20:56 pm
my tds reading out of my ro unit is around about 80-90,is this to high or about right?

many thanks


whats your tap water TDS?


Matt
Title: Re: tds
Post by: michael robinson on October 27, 2009, 05:21:51 pm
no that's not right it depends on how hard your water is to begin with mine out of ordinary tap is 337 horendous after ro before di it usually reads between 17 to 20.
Title: Re: tds
Post by: Sapphire Window Cleaning on October 27, 2009, 05:25:22 pm
no its far from right, my reading when the water goes through my RO is now reading at 1 ppm if yours  is anymore than 2 ppm the membrane is bucked. 


Are you sure??


my TDS out of the RO is 12ppm. and my membranes are not bucked.


Matt


p.s. my tap TDS is 390
Title: Re: tds
Post by: Craig Trevain on October 27, 2009, 05:26:13 pm
Depends what RO you are using, water pressure, Tap reading on TDS, are prefilters changed regular. etc etc

there is no set number after RO.
Title: Re: tds
Post by: C.C.S. on October 27, 2009, 05:27:16 pm
after ro mine is 4-5,water before ro reding 470-480
Title: Re: tds
Post by: Sapphire Window Cleaning on October 27, 2009, 05:28:35 pm
Hi Craig lol
how can someone say that if your RO output is 2ppm or more then the membranes knackered.



Title: Re: tds
Post by: Craig Trevain on October 27, 2009, 05:30:20 pm
We are 460   but on our Ultra pure machine our after ro is 1, on our 40-40 its 6,  a ro-man proberbly more. So depends.
Title: Re: tds
Post by: Craig Trevain on October 27, 2009, 05:31:07 pm
Hi Craig lol
how can someone say that if your RO output is 2ppm or more then the membranes knackered.






Hi Matt

They cant!!
Title: Re: tds
Post by: dd on October 27, 2009, 06:14:00 pm
If you read technical information an ro should remove about 95% of impurities, this will be higher with good water pressure and lower with low water pressure.

My ro-man unit removes a good 98%. Brings tds from 200 to 004 with 50-55psi mains water pressure.
Title: Re: tds
Post by: ccmids on October 27, 2009, 06:30:29 pm
no its far from right, my reading when the water goes through my RO is now reading at 1 ppm if yours  is anymore than 2 ppm the membrane is bucked. 


Are you sure??

mb windows what type ro you got mate??


my TDS out of the RO is 12ppm. and my membranes are not bucked.


Matt


p.s. my tap TDS is 390
Title: Re: tds
Post by: Sapphire Window Cleaning on October 27, 2009, 06:33:37 pm
no its far from right, my reading when the water goes through my RO is now reading at 1 ppm if yours  is anymore than 2 ppm the membrane is bucked. 


Are you sure??

mb windows what type ro you got mate??


my TDS out of the RO is 12ppm. and my membranes are not bucked.


Matt


p.s. my tap TDS is 390



RO man type, 5X 100 GPD with 3 pre filters, I havent taken a reading since having a 135psi booster pump.


Matt
Title: Re: tds
Post by: ccmids on October 27, 2009, 06:44:44 pm
ive got 40 40 and it s 12tds out of that, sometimes 9 think the cold can make it higher.
Title: Re: tds
Post by: JRDEasiReach on October 28, 2009, 03:04:53 pm
Hi Craig lol
how can someone say that if your RO output is 2ppm or more then the membranes knackered.





My TDS is around 90ppm before RO and its coming out after RO before the DI at 1ppm i was told if it starts to rise above 2ppm (going by the TDS im currently putting in from tap) that it was on its way out. 

Im not in a very hard water area so dont know what the RO is reading at when its been through. 

Im going on what i was told from my supplier on our water area lads.  Anyhow i think the RO in question could be bucked, but we need to see whats coming from his tap first to have any way of working that out.